The BU softball team gathers around home plate to greet Kylie Doherty who just hit a home run
Jim Stankiewicz
7
Winner Boston U. BOSTON U 18-10
0
Merrimack MERRIMAC 4-13
Winner
Boston U. BOSTON U
18-10
7
Final
0
Merrimack MERRIMAC
4-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Boston U. BOSTON U 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 7 0
Merrimack MERRIMAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

W: Ricard, Kasey (12-6) L: A. GEDACHT (2-6)

8
Winner Boston U. BOSTON U 19-10
0
Merrimack MERRIMAC 4-14
Winner
Boston U. BOSTON U
19-10
8
Final
0
Merrimack MERRIMAC
4-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Boston U. BOSTON U 4 1 1 0 2 0 8 6 2
Merrimack MERRIMAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

W: Johnson, Ava (2-1) L: S. PALYAN (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Claims DH Shutout Sweep at Merrimack

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Highlighted by a pair of pitching gems and four homers, the Boston University softball team blanked Merrimack in a doubleheader sweep Tuesday afternoon.

With the two shutouts, the Terriers (19-10) extend their win streak to seven games, while the Warriors drop to 4-14. Junior Kasey Ricard (12-6) tallied 14 strikeouts against two hits in the 7-0 victory, and freshman Ava Johnson (2-1) followed with a season-high seven strikeouts against three hits for an 8-0 (5) run-rule win.

At the plate, junior and reigning Patriot League Player of the Week Brooke Deppiesse went a combined 4-for-6 with two RBIs and three runs scored, while sophomore Kylie Doherty reached home a team-high four times thanks in part to two homers and three walks. Sophomore Libby Walsh joined Deppiesse in going yard once en route to three runs and three RBIs, a number matched by freshman Addie Lucier.

GAME 1: BU - 7, Merrimack - 0

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Terriers quickly jumped on the scoreboard with senior Sydney Pecoraro doubling home both Doherty (walk) and Deppiesse (single) for a 2-0 lead.
  • Merrimack threatened in the second with a single and two-out walk, but Ricard earned a swinging strikeout to keep the Warriors off the scoreboard.
  • Doherty sparked a three-run fifth inning with a lead-off solo homer that eventually led to Walsh delivering a two-RBI single up the middle.
  • BU added two more runs in the sixth on Deppiesse's RBI sac fly and sophomore Sophie Naivar's two-out RBI walk.
  • Ricard ended the bottom half on two strikeouts and started the seventh with two more before earning a ground out for the shutout victory.
GAME 2: BU - 8, Merrimack - 0 (5 inn.)

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Doherty again set the tone batting lead-off, as she launched a pitch toward left field for the 1-0 lead.
  • Deppiesse followed with a single and advanced to third on two walks to set up junior Aimee Metz's RBI walk.
  • Lucier added two more runs by hitting a two-out double to left center to grab a 4-0 lead.
  • The Warriors started off with a lead-off double and sacrifice bunt, but Johnson recorded back-to-back strikeouts to keep Merrimack off the scoreboard.
  • After hitting a solo homer in the top of the second, Deppiesse helped turn a 6-4-3 double play to end the bottom half.
  • In the third, Walsh delivered the Terriers' third solo blast toward left center, and BU scored two more runs in the fifth on RBI grounders from senior Tyesha Williams and Lucier.
  • Johnson recorded two strikeouts in the fourth and sealed her first career solo shutout win with two more strikeouts.
UP NEXT
  • BU will return home and host Colgate in a PL series with both Saturday's (March 29) DH and Sunday's (March 30) single-game contest set for a 12 p.m. first pitch.
  • The Terriers won all three meetings last year on the road with two shutouts (6-0, 16-0) and a 4-2 (8) victory.
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